St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-08
SOUTHERN GLEANfNGS.

! thickness, has been discovered on tne l1He
Of the Marietta & North Georgia railroad.
! The body of Miss Agnes McCaleb, one OF
the steamer White victims, has been re-
covered. 1t was buried at Ellerslle, La,
from the residence of her sister, Mrs. Or.
Wade.
The gin house and sixty bales of cotton
of S. j. Anglers plantation, in Bossler
Parish, La, occupied by r. c. Simpson,
were entirely destroyed by fire few
nights ago Loss about $1,000; insurance,
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/ Rev. Chas. Minnigrode, d. D., rector or
st. Paurs Episcopal Church at Richmond,
Va, has resigned on account of old age
and feeble health, and has been made
emeritus rector. He is seventy-three.
He was rector of ST. Pauls Church when
Jefferson Davis was a member, and was
reading the services when messenger
entered the church and informed DAVIS
that Lee had evacuated the city.
J. T. Perry, mayor of Greenvllle, Ala,
who assaulted Colonel r. S. Cheves, tenn
ance lecturer, recently, was tried IN the
police court of Greenville on a charge OF
disorderly conduct. Alderman Manning
Steiner, acting mayor, presided, and long
list of witnesses was examined. The case
was ably argued by counsel on both sides.
The court found defendant guilty and fined
him fifty dollars and costs. Two cases
against Mayor Perry in the County Court,
growing out of his assault upon Colone1
Cheves, were appealed.
A fire which broke out in Galveston
Tex. few days ago, consumed twenty.
light dwellings and two stores, the loss
being $4,000
The Plonk family in Lincolnton, n. C.. is
long lived. Joseph is now ninety-eight
Y ears old; his sister. Mrs. Tethrow, is one
hun dred years, and Mrs, Weaver, another
sister, is one hundred and two years Of
age.
Near Saftuck, S. c., recently sports
man is said to have killed fifteen partrldges
at one shot The birds were standing with
their heads close in line, and he sent his
rife bali along the line, taking off the
heads of the fifteen. Next!
Robert Desposito was shot and mortally
wounded at New Orleans few days ago
by James Cook, 4 notorious hoodlum.
Desposito, it is alleged, has killed two
men.
Alabama has u saloon for every 1,105
OF population and Arkansas enc for every
LIS.
The Supreme Court of Alabama has de-
cided that all sales of lands by the Ala
bama & Chattanooga road before its COM
pletion are void Millions of dollars
worth Of territory in the richest mineral
districts are inrolyed.
Some swindier gathered three hundred
South Carolina negroes at Rock Hill re-
Gently to meet a special train for New
York, Ell route to Liberia. They will need
to be provided for by the charitable
The Secretary of the Treasury has &C
cepted the offer of the Nashville, Chat
tanooga & st. Louis road to pay $4,000 in
compromise Of the claim Of the Govern
ment for unpaid interest on bonds trans
ferred by the State of Tennessee.
The report of the burning of Frank Sand
ers by. a mob a few days ago at Carnes-
vile, Ga, was incorrect. Sanders, who
murdered tse members Of the Smelling
family, was taken from jail but, owing
to disagreement among his captors, was
finally returned TO custody. Later, how
ever, one hundred and twenty meu seized
the jail, broke down the doors, took Sand
ers to a tree and strung him up.
A horrible accident occurred at Chat
tanooga, Tenn, few days ago. Mrs. Liz
zie Swick, well-known lady, started out
shopping, and in crossing the Nashville Il
Chattanooga railroad. she attempted to
pass in front of moving train, but slipped
on the track, and in a moment the train
passed over her body, severing both legs
near the hips. She died III an hour.
At Apalachicola, Fla, is on exhibition
curiosity in the shape of a sponge. There
are fifteen prongs of hollow sponge reach
ing out like the arms of devi1fish in
every conceivable direction from the
coned- shaped natural stand of coral upon
.a1, J~-c ~
and there are fine particles of coral in
each arm or sucker, leading many to sup
pose from its appearance that if left alone
these arms would eventually have petri-
fed, and perhaps turned to coral
If there are any, says the Savannah Necs,
who think that the leasing system is not a
criminal one let them look at the figures
When it was inaugurated in Georgia a
few years ago there was $50 convicts
There are now 1921 There has been some
increase in the population of the State
since the system was authorized, but the
percentage of that increase is small COM
pared to the increase in the number of
convicts. If the system with all its abuses
is continued the number of convicts within
a generation will be something fearful to
contemplate.
Pennsylvania oil men have been operat- |
ing for some time in Smith County, Tenn,
where valuable wells have been bored and
much Oil of an excellentquality discovered
They have met with so much success that
they are leasing land in every direction,
and next year will commence drilling on
an extensive scale. A great deal of oil
has also been found in Dickson County,
and several companies are now at work in
that section.
A very sensational shooting ARRAY oc-
Cured at 'shellmound, near Chattanooga,
Tenn, few days ago, in which DR. H K.
Davis, physician for the Dade Coal Com